Tony Watkins

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Space crystallises time

TIME, SPACE AND ARCHITECTURE

Architect and author Tony Watkins suggests that "strong communities are built from the bottom up, not the top down" stating that "beyond world wars and so many other skirmishes since the industrial revolution the overarching struggle has been between empowering and disempowering the individual. It is an architectural question."

Backcountry huts

Photograph by John Johns

A review of "Shelter from the storm - The story of New Zealand's backcountry huts" by Shaun Barnett, Rob Brown and Geoff Spearponit, published by Craig Potton, 2012.

Lessons from Coolangatta

A super-city would zone for its best architecture. The passionate plea of Peter Macky in his excellent book “Coolangatta: A Homage” for the preservation of a significant number of Auckland’s finest houses is music to the ears of anyone who cares about our architectural heritage.

Alan Drayton BioBuild

Photo by Alan Drayton

Complexity and diversity are the foundations on which sustainability is built. At this time when the new building code is nothing more than a straightjacket ensuring the demise of humane architecture it seemed to be doubly refreshing to see the wide range of work done by Alan Drayton.

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Tony Watkins

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